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LightDM
Free, open-source X display manager / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
LightDM is a free and open-source X display manager that aims to be lightweight, fast, extensible and multi-desktop.[5] It can use various front-ends to draw the user interface,[6] also called Greeters.[7] It also supports Wayland.[8][9]
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![]() LightDM in elementaryOS with its default "Pantheon Greeter 5.0" front-end | |
Original author(s) | Robert Ancell |
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Initial release | September 10, 2010; 13 years ago (2010-09-10) |
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Written in | C |
Operating system | Linux, OpenIndiana |
Size | 1 MB |
Available in | >50 languages[2][3][4] |
Type | X display manager |
License | GPL-3.0-or-later |
Website | github |
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LightDM is the default display manager for Edubuntu, Xubuntu and Mythbuntu since the 11.10 release,[10][11][12] for Lubuntu since the 12.04 release[13] until 16.10,[14] for Kubuntu beginning with 12.10[15] until 15.04[16] for Linux Mint[17] and Antergos.